Black Box ACX1000-CM installation instructions ACX1000 Quick Start Guide, CATx/Cross Repeater

ACX1000 Quick Start Guide

5. Installation

5.1 Configuration

Place the repeater with the CATx/fiber connectors on the left and the fiber connectors on the right. The main printed circuit board will look like Figure 5.

ACX1000 Quick Start Guide

5.2.1CATx or Fiber Repeater, Multimode/ Single-Mode Cross Repeater

Connect the local device via CATx (or fiber) Connector A and connect the remote device via CATx (or fiber) Connector B.

Remote Device Repeater Local Device

Figure 6. Cross repeater example.

5.2.2 CATx/Cross Repeater

Connect the local device via CATx (or fiber) Connector A. Connect Fiber Connector B to Fiber Connector A on the second repeater. Connect the remote device via CATx (or fiber) Connector B.

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Repeaters and Cross Repeaters

Use fiber to extend the distance between two CATx devices.

Figure 5. Installation.

5.1.1 Operating Mode, Repeater or Cross Repeater

To change the operating mode from repeater to cross

Remote

Device Repeater

CATx

Repeater Local

Device

CATx

Fiber

repeater or vice versa, install optical transceivers and

reconfigure the repeater.

Table 2. Repeater or cross repeater configuration.

Operating Mode JP1 JP A B

Repeater or cross repeater

CATx/fiber cross repeater

Figure 7. CATx/Cross repeater sample.

5.2.3 Dual-Head Cross-Repeater

Connect the local device’s CATx port via the connector marked “Cross Repeater Local CATx.” Connect the remote device’s CATx port via the connector marked “Cross Repeater Remote CATx.”

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5.1.2Operating Mode, Dual-Head Cross Repeater

Table 3. Dual-head cross repeater configuration.

Operating Mode JP1 JP A B

Repeater or cross repeater

CATx/fiber cross repeater

Remote

Device Repeater

CATx

Repeater	Local
	Device
	CATx
Fiber

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5.2 Installation Instructions

Attach connectors marked with “A” to cables that link to a local unit. Attach connectors marked with “B” to cables that link to a remote unit.

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Figure 8. Dual-head cross repeater application.

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